anal

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Adjective

1. {{lb|en|not comparable}} Of, [[related]] to, [[intended]] for or [[involving]] the [[anus]]. {{century|18}}
2. {{lb|en|psychoanalysis}} Of the stage in psychosexual development when the child's interest is [[alleged]] to be concentrated on the anal region. {{century|20}}
3. {{senseid|en|of persons, compulsive and stubborn}} {{lb|en|psychology|also|informal|mildly <<vulgar>>}} Of a person, [[compulsive]] and [[stubborn]], [[obsessed]] with [[neat]]ness and [[accuracy]] (usually in an [[egosyntonic]] way), supposedly from not having progressed beyond the [[anal stage]]. {{century|20}}
4. {{senseid|en|of subject matter, fussy or precise}} {{lb|en|informal|vulgar}} Of tasks, questions, subject matter, etc., obsessively fussy or precise.
5. {{senseid|en|entomology}} {{lb|en|entomology}} Of a [[vein]], [[proximate]] to the [[thorax]].

Noun

1. {{lb|en|countable}} Any of the anal [[scale]]s of a [[reptile]].
2. {{lb|en|uncountable|informal}} [[anal sex|Anal sex]].

Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive|slang|rare|chiefly in [[pornography]]}} To [[penetrate]] anally.

Proper noun

1. An ethnic group found in [[Manipur]] in [[India]], and in [[Burma]]/[[Myanmar]], closely related to the Kuki people.
2. The Northern Kukish (Sino-Tibetan) language spoken by these people, sometimes called Namfau after the two largest villages it is spoken in.

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